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American Bar Association Resolution 112: Championing Public Access To The Law., Nina A. Mendelson
American Bar Association Resolution 112: Championing Public Access To The Law., Nina A. Mendelson
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In August 2016, the American Bar Association House of Delegates reaffirmed the fundamental democratic principle of public access to the law. ABA Resolution 112 calls on Congress to enact legislation ensuring a basic level of public access, without charge, to all regulatory law. Such legislation would address serious current obstacles to the public’s ability to see the law.
Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony, University Of Michigan Law School
Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony, University Of Michigan Law School
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Program for the Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony honoring Mary Frances Berry.
Student Funded Fellowship 30th Annual Auction For Public Interest, University Of Michigan Law School
Student Funded Fellowship 30th Annual Auction For Public Interest, University Of Michigan Law School
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Program for the Student Funded Fellowship 30th Annual Auction for Public Interest.
Child Welfare Appellate Advocacy, Vivek Sankaran
Child Welfare Appellate Advocacy, Vivek Sankaran
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The appellate system serves important functions in child welfare cases. It ensures that the relationship between a child and his or her parent is not unjustly terminated. It forces juvenile courts and child welfare agencies to strictly follow statutes, court rules, and agency policies. And it preserves public faith in the system by serving as an independent check to correct mistakes that occur.
But the appellate system is only as good as the advocates who appear before it. This chapter is intended to be a resource for those advocates, both those who have practiced child welfare law for many years …
Representing Parents In Child Welfare Cases, Vivek Sankaran
Representing Parents In Child Welfare Cases, Vivek Sankaran
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A parent's constitutional right to raise his or her child is one of the most venerated liberty interests safeguarded by the Constitution. The law presumes parents to be fit, and it establishes that they do not need to be model parents to retain custody of their children. If the state seeks to interfere with the parent-child relationship, the Constitution mandates: (I) that the state prove parental unfitness, a standard defined by state laws, and (2) that the state follow certain procedures protecting the due process rights of parents. The constitutional framework for child welfare cases is premised upon the belief …
Representing Children And Youth, Donald N. Duquette, Ann M. Haralambie
Representing Children And Youth, Donald N. Duquette, Ann M. Haralambie
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The role of the child's attorney is unique in American jurisprudence and not yet clearly defined by law or tradition. There is an emerging consensus, however, that children in dependency cases should have lawyers and those lawyers should be as active and as involved in their cases as are lawyers for any other party in any other litigation. Although state law and policy makers differ as to what voice the child should have in determining the direction and goals of the litigation, that is, whether the child's lawyer should represent the best interests of the child as determined by the …
Culture As A Structural Problem In Indigent Defense, Eve Brensike Primus
Culture As A Structural Problem In Indigent Defense, Eve Brensike Primus
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In Part I, I will describe the ways in which today's right-to-counsel challenges are similar to and different from those that faced the writers of the 1961 symposium. I will also explain in more detail why the structural conditions of criminal defense work to create (and, to some extent, always have created) a cultural problem in indigent defense delivery systems across the country. In Part II, I will discuss why I believe that we are, once again, facing a moment for potential reform, albeit reform that is different in scope and kind from that which was possible in the 1960s. …